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CHERYL enters and approaches PETER laying on an empty cot, fooling with his car keys. attached to his car keys are several large over-sized novelty keychains which jingle and clang loudly as PETER nervously spins them on his index finger. CHERYL takes a moment to watch PETER with his keys, her anxiety level increases with the obnoxious clamber until she bursts out.

CHERYLwhy are you so upset? is it because your father threw you off that cliff?

PETER(adjusting his own mania with which he's playing with his keychians, seemingly to match CHERYL's visible anxiety level)yes. yes that is why i am upset right now. so you can just, ok, i want to be left alove. for a very long time just to sit and let this settle in me. the whole cliff thing. am i being clear? i don't know what i'm saying. i'm - i'll go into the sun room and listen to jar of flies by alice in chains. this will help. It’s cosmic melancholy will help the facts sink into acceptance.

PETER impulsively whips the fistfull of keychains into the corner of the room. a very loud buzzer is activated on one of the novelty keychains, and shows no sign of ceasing it’s single long square wave alarm.